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SHIPWORM [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

An ... elongated marine [clam] ... that [resembles] a worm, [burrows] in submerged wood, and [is] very destructive to piles of wharves or wooden ships.

OBS

Shipworms are mostly of the family Teredinidae.

OBS

shipworms: also used to refer to the family Teredinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Mollusque bivalve, au corps allongé comme un ver, qui dévore le bois immergé aussi bien dans l'eau douce que salée, affaiblissant ainsi les structures dans lesquelles il se loge.

OBS

La plupart des tarets appartiennent à la famille des Teredinidae.

OBS

tarets : peut aussi désigner la famille des Teredinidae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
DEF

Molusco lamelibranquio marino de aspecto vermiforme, con sifones desmesuradamente largos y concha muy pequeña, que deja descubierta la mayor parte del cuerpo. Las valvas de la concha, funcionando como mandíbulas, perforan las maderas sumergidas, practican en ellas galerías que el propio animal reviste de una materia calcárea segregada por el manto, y causan así graves daños en las construcciones navales.

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